Notes on Implementing Vaccine Passports
Now that we’re starting to get widespread COVID vaccination “vaccine passports” have started to become more relevant. The idea behind a vaccine passport is that you would have some kind … Read more
Articles in “Security”
A look at password security, Part V: Disk Encryption
The previous posts ( I, II, III, IV) focused primarily on remote login, either to multiuser systems or Web sites (though the same principles also apply to other networked services … Read more
A look at password security, Part IV: WebAuthn
As discussed in part III, public key authentication is great in principle but in practice has been hard to integrate into the Web environment. However, we’re now seeing deployment of … Read more
A look at password security, Part III: More secure login protocols
In part II, we looked at the problem of Web authentication and covered the twin problems of phishing and password database compromise. In this post, I’ll be covering some of … Read more
A look at password security, Part II: Web Sites
In part I, we took a look at the design of password authentication systems for old-school multiuser systems. While timesharing is mostly gone, most of us continue to use multiuser … Read more
Protecting Search and Browsing Data from Warrantless Access
As the maker of Firefox, we know that browsing and search data can provide a detailed portrait of our private lives and needs to be protected. That’s why we work … Read more
More on COVID Surveillance: Mobile Phone Location
Previously I wrote about the use of mobile apps for COVID contact tracing. This idea has gotten a lot of attention in the tech press — probably because there are … Read more
Contact Tracing, Governments, and Data
Digital contact tracing apps have emerged in recent weeks as one potential tool in a suite of solutions that would allow countries around the world to respond to the COVID-19 … Read more
Looking at designs for COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps
A number of the proposals for how to manage the COVID-19 pandemic rely on being able to determine who has come into contact with infected people and therefore are at … Read more
New Bytecode Alliance Brings the Security, Ubiquity, and Interoperability of the Web to the World of Pervasive Computing
New community effort will create a new cross-platform, cross-device computing runtime based on the unique advantages of WebAssembly MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, November 12, 2019 — The Bytecode Alliance is a … Read more
Mozilla takes action to protect users in Kazakhstan
Today, Mozilla and Google took action to protect the online security and privacy of individuals in Kazakhstan. Together the companies deployed technical solutions within Firefox and Chrome to block the … Read more
The web the world needs can be ours again, if we want it
People everywhere are demanding basic consumer protections. We want our food to be healthy to eat, our water to be clean to drink, and our air to be safe to … Read more